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|image       = The Mother.jpg
|individual name = Mother
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|species    = Human
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|affiliation = The Three Families
|species = [[Human]]
|origin      = [[Earth]]
|home planet = [[Earth]]
|first      = The Gathering (TV story)
|appearances = [[TW]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]''<br>[[TW]]: ''[[The Blood Line]]''
|appearances = [[TV]]: {{cs|The Blood Line (TV story)}}
|actor = [[Frances Fisher]]}}
|actor       = Frances Fisher
"'''The Mother'''" was a high ranking and unfeeling member of [[Three Families|the Families]] located at the [[Blessing]]'s pole in [[Shanghai]].
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==Biography==
The woman known as "'''the Mother'''" was a high ranking member of [[the Three Families]].
In [[2011]], "Mother" met with the Families' agent [[Jilly Kitzinger]] to show her the [[China|Chinese]] end of the Blessing in the underground structure constructed around it. ([[TW]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]''). After the incursion of [[Jack Harkness]] and his [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] allies, [[Oswald Danes]], wired up with explosions at that time, took her hostage. Despite her pleading for her life, Danes killed both himself and "Mother" in the explosion that he deliberately set off. ([[TW]]: ''[[The Blood Line]]'')
 
== Biography ==
In [[2011]], the Mother met with an agent of the Families, [[Jilly Kitzinger]], to show her the northern end of [[the Blessing]] in the underground structure built around it in [[Shanghai]]. During the meeting, she asked Kitzinger to rewrite history in the new era of [[Miracle Day|the Miracle]] in ways that would be favourable to the Three Families. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Gathering (TV story)}})
 
To protect the Blessing from further interference, the Mother and [[the Cousin|another high-ranking member of the Families]] in [[Buenos Aires]] planned to bury it by destroying the surrounding structures in both cities. After the incursion of [[Jack Harkness]] and his [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] allies, the Mother was taken hostage by [[Oswald Danes]], who was wired with explosives. Despite offering him wealth and opportunities to satisfy his criminal urges, Danes and the Mother were killed when he detonated his explosives.
 
The Mother demonstrated some fluency in [[Mandarin]] when issuing orders to her [[China|Chinese]] guards. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Blood Line (TV story)}})
 
== Behind the scenes ==
[[Frances Fisher]] was credited as playing "the Mother Colasanto" on the [[BBC iPlayer]] website, implying a blood relation to [[Angelo Colasanto]] and his granddaughter [[Olivia Colasanto|Olivia]], who had said the families refused to work with them. However, [[Jane Espenson]] told AfterElton in her ''Jane's Take'' for ''The Blood Line'' that the character had only ever appeared in scripts as "the Mother".
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:''Judging by her accent, "Mother" came from [[United States of America|America]].''
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Latest revision as of 09:43, 22 September 2024

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The woman known as "the Mother" was a high ranking member of the Three Families.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 2011, the Mother met with an agent of the Families, Jilly Kitzinger, to show her the northern end of the Blessing in the underground structure built around it in Shanghai. During the meeting, she asked Kitzinger to rewrite history in the new era of the Miracle in ways that would be favourable to the Three Families. (TV: The Gathering [+]Loading...["The Gathering (TV story)"])

To protect the Blessing from further interference, the Mother and another high-ranking member of the Families in Buenos Aires planned to bury it by destroying the surrounding structures in both cities. After the incursion of Jack Harkness and his Torchwood allies, the Mother was taken hostage by Oswald Danes, who was wired with explosives. Despite offering him wealth and opportunities to satisfy his criminal urges, Danes and the Mother were killed when he detonated his explosives.

The Mother demonstrated some fluency in Mandarin when issuing orders to her Chinese guards. (TV: The Blood Line [+]Loading...["The Blood Line (TV story)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Frances Fisher was credited as playing "the Mother Colasanto" on the BBC iPlayer website, implying a blood relation to Angelo Colasanto and his granddaughter Olivia, who had said the families refused to work with them. However, Jane Espenson told AfterElton in her Jane's Take for The Blood Line that the character had only ever appeared in scripts as "the Mother".